Army's 'Vijay Prahar' exercise in Rajasthan ends

The Indian Army's 'Vijay Prahar' exercise in which over 25,000 troops of the Jaipur based South Western command participated culminated today in Rajasthan's Suratgarh.

South Western Army Commander Lt Gen Cherish Mathson witnessed the final offensive of the forces achieving a decisive victory.

"I had laid out unambiguous scope for activities to be carried out and had also bench marked standards to be achieved. I am fully satisfied with the efforts put in and results achieved, Lt Gen Mathson told reporters in the firing range.

He said that designing an offensive campaign on the principles of operational art in a deep air-land battle with real time intelligence marked the beginning of the exercise.

The concept of 'Air Cavalry' employing attack and weaponized helicopters has also been validated during the exercise, he said.

Participating formations are now confident of continuing the offensive even after a tactical Nuclear, Chemical or Biological attack by the adversary by modern CBRN capability.He said that effective jointmanship with the Indian Air Force has been validated.

The officer also complimented the troops who braved the soaring temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius and sand storms to achieve a very high degree of proficiency.

Fighting equipments including tanks, attack helicopters, drones and fighter aircraft were used in the month-long exercise.